Federalist Society Podcast: Dumbing Down the Courts

What has caused the increased battles over judicial confirmations? Which nominees have had the most difficult confirmations? Using the largest, most detailed data set on judicial confirmations ever assembled, a new book, Dumbing Down the Courts: How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges off the Bench, shows that it is the smartest/most potentially influential nominees who have had by the far the most difficult time getting confirmed.﻿﻿

Featuring:

Mr. Curt Levey, President and Executive Director, The Committee for Justice

Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., Author, of Dumbing Down the Courts: How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges off the Bench

Moderator: Dean Reuter, Vice President and Director of Practice Groups, The Federalist Society